Chapter 46

The wolf lies on her side, shutting her eyes contently as the woman's hand run against her pale coat. She's less on edge around Ariella and the hooded woman.

"Don't take offense, child," the woman speaks, "Iphigenia has to keep her guard up until you learn how to defend yourself and her. But here....here I can protect you."

Here I can protect you.

I look back at the wolf and then back at Ariella, who sits beside me quietly.

"You're Hekate..."

"I am."

She continues to stroke the wolf... Iphigenia. That must have been who Leon spoke to whenever we came face to face. He wants to reach my Guide for some reason.

"Be careful what you let consume your thoughts in your current form," Ariella whispers, "He can sense you."

"That's how he found your sister," Hekate's voice is wispy again. A snake slithers from underneath her mask but she continues to fawn over my wolf, "She was searching for him after her room was broken into."

My mind flashes back to the times where Leon had found me in